The Bodie Odd Fellows Lodge

Original Fine Art Photography by Donna Kennedy... more

by Donna Kennedy

Title

The Bodie Odd Fellows Lodge

Artist

Donna Kennedy

Medium

Photograph - Photographs

Description

Original Fine Art Photography by Donna Kennedy
Edited in Topaz Studio…Photographed in Bodie State Historic Park, CA

Here stands the Dechambeau Hotel and I.O.O.F. (Independent Order of Odd Fellows) building, erected in 1880. At one time, the I.O.O.F. hall was bustling with meetings, and later became a “health club” of the times, where members would come to use the barbells and primitive workout machines. And the Dechambeau Hotel, late in the life of the town of Bodie, was also the “Bodie Cafe,” one of the last businesses in town.
On the left, is the Post Office that was erected by George Putnam.
Bodie is a former gold-mining town and State Historic Park in California’s Bodie Hills, near the Nevada border. This 19th-century ghost town encompasses numerous original buildings in varying states of decay, plus artifacts and the Masonic Cemetery. Northeast is the Standard Gold Mill, with machinery and information about the process of gold extraction.
Bodie is undoubtedly one of the most legendary ghost towns in the Western U.S. preserved in a state of “arrested decay”.

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August 19th, 2019